Inspection Results » Lexington Court Care Center

  1. Health Inspection on March 30, 2018 [1]

    1. Isolated: Actual harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (Corrected 2018-04-20)
      • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (Corrected 2018-04-20)
      • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2018-04-20)
    2. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted (Corrected 2018-04-20)
    3. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. (Corrected 2018-04-20)
      • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (Corrected 2018-04-20)
      • Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (Corrected 2018-04-20)
      • Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. (Corrected 2018-04-20)
      • Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2018-04-20)
      • Notify the resident or the residentÂ’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the residentÂ’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave. (Corrected 2018-04-20)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2018-04-20)
      • Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. (Corrected 2018-04-20)
      • Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home. (Corrected 2018-04-20)
      • Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason. (Corrected 2018-04-20)
    4. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for minimal harm
      • Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis. (Corrected 2018-04-20)
      • Post nurse staffing information every day. (Corrected 2018-04-20)

To be part of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, nursing homes have to meet certain requirements set by Congress. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has entered into an agreement with state governments to do health inspections and fire safety inspections of these nursing homes and investigate complaints about nursing home care. [2]

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References

  1. http://www.medicare.gov/NursingHomeCompare/About/Health-Inspections.html
  2. http://www.medicare.gov/NursingHomeCompare/About/Inspection-Results.html